And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.
My family making music was like a folk background, really: banging on tabletops, playing banjo and all kinds of things.
At first, there was a separation of clubs and sketch comedy. Now there's all kinds of comedy, making us one big happy family.
People were incredibly kind to our family and went out of their way to help.
You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.
I kind of left everyone behind in Australia - all my friends and my family and I had to break up with my boyfriend.
I kind of modeled Optimus Prime's voice out of many people I had known over the years, my family especially.
I sometimes wonder if the tragedies my family has suffered are a kind of karmic price for all the fame and fortune the Bee Gees have had.
Family home evening is more for the purpose of teaching values and gospel principles, displaying talents and enjoying different kinds of family fun and activities.
My music has to do with beauty, and it's intended to, if not lift the spirits, then be a kind of a balm to the spirits.
Writing can be a frightening, distressing business, and whatever kind of structure or buffer is available can help a lot.
Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.
It's a funny business. I kind of compare it to baseball. I'm always looking for a home run.
I think the business affairs people at the studios get some kind of perverse satisfaction in finding the worst hotels for actors to stay in.
Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience.
This whole business feels kind of intense, like a bad fit. Round peg, square hole. But whatever, I'll take it.
Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.
I like Patti Smith's lyrics, and sometimes think I could be influenced by them. But she has a kind of cool that's beyond me.
I would often see windows that looked to me like they weren't real - almost like a painting on a wall instead of a window. I thought it was kind of a cool idea.
A lot of fans that recognize me go, 'I kind of hate you,' and I'm all, 'Cool, well, you've just made this sufficiently awkward.'
Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of a fable feeling.
